Apple reported 1 million apps downloaded from its Mac App Store in its first day of release. How will Google and Microsoft respond? – Apple announced Jan. 7 that 1 million apps had been downloaded from the Mac
App Store. The question now is: How will its competitors respond?
quot;We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting, quot;
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote in a Jan. 7
statement. quot;Developers have …
Gritty Gautam Gambhir paved the way for India to bat out the last day to draw the third Test against South Africa, levelling the hard-fought three-match series 1-1. India will remain as world’s top Test team. Realising that it would be a difficult task to chase 340 to win the series, more so after the [...]
Singapore will attract more Islamic investments from the Middle East following the share sale of Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Industrial REIT, the world’s largest Islamic property trust, HSBC Holdings Plc said.
Sabana raised as much as $664.4 million in the sale. The 458 million shares offered, which exclude reserved stock or those for key investors, were 2.5 times subscribed, the trust said in a statement yesterday. The shares for retail investors drew 12 times more demand, said Rafe Haneef, managing director of global markets for HSBC Amanah, the Shariah-compliant unit of Europe’s largest bank.
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said more Asian nations will be inclined to forge trade pacts with Taiwan if it secures such a deal with his city-state first, Taiwanese media said Tuesday, reported AFP.
Lee, in an interview with the Taipei-based China Times, said the two sides hope to sort out details for the planned deal within “the next few months.”
Taiwan and Singapore announced in July that they will hold talks later this year on a trade agreement, the first such negotiations since Taipei sealed a major trade deal with China.
The second match of the second round of the World Cup Group D, played between Australia and Ghana, ended in a 1-1 draw. Australians were one goal ahead in the 11th minute, with Brett Holman scoring, but Ghana equalized 14 minutes later.
In their 2010 World Cup debut, the defending champions, Italy, have drawn against Paraguay in a rainy Group F match. Deutsche Welle reports that Daniele De Rossi scored in the 63rd minute, while Paraguay’s goal came near the end of the first half, with Antolin Alcaraz scoring.
A surprising mistake by English goalkeeper Robert Green resulted in a draw between the U.S. and England in their match on Saturday. Earlier, Argentina and South Korea both picked up wins.
Cache Logistics Trust’s (K2LU.SG) FY10 dividend yield of 8.7% vs under 7% for bigger peers Ascendas REIT (A17U.SG), Mapletree Logistics Trust (M44U.SG) may bode well for units when they start trading at 2 p.m., according to Dow Jones.
Apple’s iPad tablet PC continued to prompt third-party developer interest in the weeks leading up to its launch, according to analytics firm Flurry, which has noted a 185 percent increase in iPhone OS application starts since the iPad was originally announced on Jan. 27. In addition, Flurry indicated that companies primarily based online, such as e-commerce outfits, and companies founded expressly to create iPhone apps were the top developers of apps, followed by traditional gaming companies and traditional brick-and-mortar manufacturers and retailers.
– Apples iPad continues to stoke third-party developer interest as the tablet
PCs April 3 launch approaches, according to analytics firm Flurry, which
posted new numbers suggesting a continued rise in the number of mobile
applications being developed for the device.
quot;Over six weeks since Appl…
Microsoft could attract consumers to its Windows Phone 7 Series, once the new smartphone operating system is released later in 2010, according to Jefferies Co. analyst Katherine Egbert. In her March 9 research note, Egbert suggests that devices running Windows Phone 7 Series could appear on the market as early as 2010, and that Microsofts decision to restrict its partners ability to customize the operating system, and thus present a consistent user experience, will also help it gain mobile users.
– Microsoft could renew its presence in the mobile consumer market with the
release of Windows Phone 7 Series devices later in 2010, according to a March 9
research note from Jefferies amp; Co. analyst Katherine Egbert.
Egbert apparently met with Mindy Mount, CFO of Microsofts Electronic and
E…
Daniel Agger and Ryan Babel added to Liverpool’s injury woes yesterday in a lively 2-2 English Premier League draw with big-spending Manchester City at Anfield. A win, in what under-pressure Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez had described as a potentially make-or-break match for his side’s domestic
Thanks to the Virginia Department of Education and the Professor Garfield Foundation, you — and your kids, of course — can get an Introduction to Comics on iTunes U. The 15 video episodes encourage children to draw, sculpt, and carve. In fact, Jim Davis — who created Garfield — gets the course off to a great start, showing us all how he draws his famous lasagna-loving feline.
David Gray Announces Details OF U.S. Tour In Support Of His New Studio Album
Draw The Line Due Out September 22
 David Gray |
British songwriter David Gray has announced the U.S. leg of his world tour. No doubt the crowds at these shows will be comprised of faux music aficionados who think what Gray does behind a microphone and guitar is amazing. The U.S. tour dates will be in support of Gray’s new studio album, Draw The Line due out on September 22.
Draw The Line was recorded in London, and was produced by Gray himself. “Fugitive,” the album’s lead single, was apparently serviced to radio last week and, according to a press release, has become the #1 most added song on AAA Radio.
Featured on the album are two duets, one with Jolie Holland and another with Eurythmics songstress Annie Lennox.
Tour Dates for David Gray:
08/07/09 Fri Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
08/15/09 Sat Concerts at Marymoor Redmond, WA
09/14/09 Mon Roundhouse London, GB
09/15/09 Tue The Ritz Manchester, GB
09/16/09 Wed ABC Glasgow, GB
10/23/09 Fri Wang Theater Boston, MA
10/24/09 Sat WAMU Theater New York, NY
10/26/09 Mon Massey Hall Toronto, Canada
10/27/09 Tue Tower Theater Upper Darby, PA
10/29/09 Thu Chicago Auditorium Theater Chicago, IL
10/30/09 Fri Orpheum Theater Minneapolis, MN
11/01/09 Sun Paramount Theater Denver, CO
11/02/09 Mon Kingsbury Hall Salt Lake City, UT
11/04/09 Wed Arlene Schnizer Concert Hall Portland, OR
11/07/09 Sat Paramount Theater Oakland, CA
11/09/09 Mon Orpheum Theater Los Angles, CA
Verizon’s recent offer to limit exclusive handset deals to six months and make the devices available to the nation’s smallest carriers has failed to impress advocacy groups that argue Verizon’s effort is intended to appease lawmakers’ concerns that deals such as the one between AT T and Apple’s iPhone are anti-competitive.
– Verizon’s July 17
offer to limit exclusive handset deals to six months and make the
devices available to the nation’s smallest carriers continues to be
dismissed by critics as an empty political gesture meant only to stave
off possible legislation.
The exclusive handset deals offered by carri…
The Symbian Foundation, which launched in June, has created Symbian Horizon, an application publishing program to help get more Symbian-based apps to market. A healthier app catalog may help Symbian maintain its OS dominance as the iPhone and Android grow their market share.
– The
newly formed Symbian Foundation has created Symbian Horizon, an
application-publishing program for better distributing applications for the
open-source smartphone platform, which is the most widely used in the world.
“The core idea behind Symbian Horizon is making the business and distribu…
